David Eng

Lecturer
BSc MA McGill
PhD Ohio State

Profile

David is originally from Quebec, Canada where he received a Bachelor Science degree in Physics and a Masters degree in Philosophy at McGill University. He then received a PhD in Philosophy at the Ohio State University. He was an Assistant Professor at California State University Bakersfield for 3 years. When he moved to New Zealand in 2003, he worked for the Tertiary Education Commission up until 2007.

Research Areas

Epistemology, Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, and Philosophy of Evaluation

Current Teaching

PHIL 105- THE BIG QUESTIONS
PHIL 111 - LOGIC
PHIL 209/309 - SPECIAL TOPIC: SOCIETY, POWER AND KNOWLEDGE

Selected Publications

"Performance-Based Research Fund Intervention Logic: informing the Evaluation" (co-authored with Leon Bakker and Lesley Campbell), Evaluating the Performance-Based Research Fund.

“Basic Beliefs, Testimony, and Blind-Trust”, The Epistemology of Basic Belief, 2005